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I really really dig this album a lot. I was smiling listening to this for the first time from start to end three weeks ago, and I still do when I play it today. This perked me up in the best way, and I'm thankful.

I wasn't really that impressed with the title tracks (Kick It and Punch) from Neo Zone last year, but the other tracks were mostly consistent and really enjoyable. In the 3rd album Sticker, it's an opposite case.

I actually really liked the title track (Sticker) in here. It's still kinda unpredictable and odd, but I think the song just works for repeated listens for me; I didn't feel that with Kick It and Punch. The B-sides though... I'm quite underwhelmed. It's pretty surprising to say that ... read more

Solar Power has a lot of great songs; I just don't know if I would call it a good album though. It just felt greatly disappointing to me on how this project just came and gone to my ears quite immediately. I can't tell if the record felt too long or too short to my liking, and I'm still unsure after several listens. The album not having strong closers didn't help either. I'm not certain if I'll go back to the album as a whole that much unlike Solar Power's predecessors, but I actually think ... read more

I may not be head over heels with this mini-album that much, but I do appreciate the sentiment and breeze I felt with this. I feel like most of summer-themed mini-albums in KPop just focus on the essence of a summer party, but Popping felt like a project that did capture the whole aura of a summer season (especially Popping and, yes, Summer Shape). The titles of the three songs that have "summer" here did feel pretentious to me though; they could have just given it to a one song. ... read more